Horse-collar pad



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H. G. ANDERSON HORSE COLLAR PAD Filed Dec. 12, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet} l Aug. 26, 1924. 5 9

H. G. ANDERSON HORSE- COLLAR PAD Filed Dec. 12, 1923 2 Sheets-Sheet Patented Aug. 26, 1924.

UNITED STATES HENRY G. ANDERSON, OF INWOOD, IOWA.

HORSE-COLLAR PAD.

Application filed December 12, 1923.

To all to hom it may concern Be it known that I, HENRY G. ANDERSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Inwood, in the county of Lyon and State .of Iowa, have invented certain new and use ful Improvements in Horse-Collar Pads, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an adjustable pad for horse collars, and its principal object is to provide a simple device by the use of which the horse collar may be easily adjusted to fit a larger or smaller horse, so as to obtain a proper fit from a collar that may be too long or too short. Another object of the invention is to provide a device which will be light and of such construction that it will permanently retain its form and always fit comfortably upon the neck of the animal. Other objects will appear incidentally in the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings:

Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved pad as it appears when in use;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view, on a larger scale, of the pad removed from the collar;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the pad, and

Fig. at is a central longitudinal section of the same.

The pad comprises a plate 1 of sheet metal which is properly shaped to fit over the neck of the animal without irritating him, and this sheet metal plate may be slightly turned at its side edges, as shown at 2, in order that the leather lining will be smooth when pressed to shape. Above and below the metal foundation plate, I provide a lining 3 and a cover 4: which are both of leather and are of proper dimensions to cover the entire surfaces of the foundation plate. The edges of the leather sheets or plies extend beyond theedges of the foundation metal plate and are secured in position thereon by stitching, indicated at 5, and extending around the entire edges of the plates. The leather plates, plies, or sheets 3 and t should be sufficiently thick to retain the form given them, but they should not be so thick as to impart unnecessary weight to the pad, and the inner or lining plate has a perfectly smooth surface so that it will not chafe or otherwise irritate the neck of the animal, while the cover plate has a perfectly smooth outer surface Serial No. 680,280.

to impart a neat finish to the device. The edges of the two leather plates or sheets are turned upwardly, as indicated at 6, so that a round surface will be presented to the animals skin and any irritation which might be caused by a sharp edge coming in' contact with the skin will be avoided. Adjacent the front and rear ends of the pad at the peak of the arch defined by it, posts 7 rise therefrom, these posts being secured to the metal foundation plate 1 in any desired manner and being shown in the pres ent drawings as having their lower ends formed integral with a bar 8 resting on and riveted to the base plate 1. These posts are preferably flat-sided with their Wider dimensions extending transversely of the pad and in the upper end of each post is an opening through which a cotter pin or equivalent retaining device 9 may be inserted. Filler blocks 10 of any preferred suitable material are engaged upon the posts 7, and, in the arrangement illustrated, a bridge piece 11 rests at its ends upon the upper filler block and is retained in engage ment with the posts and upon the blocks by the cotter pins 9. The bridge piece 11 may conveniently be a stout strip of sheetmetal having its ends fiat so that it may rest squarely upon the filler block but having its intermediate portion slightly dropped and arcuate transversely, as clearly shown in Fig. 3. A billet or short strap 12 is secured upon this bridge piece 11 by suitable rivets 13, and this billet or short strap carries a buckle l t at its riveted end, the buckle being disposed. immediately adjacent one side edge of the bridge piece,

while the free portion of the strap depends over the pad at the opposite side edge of the bridge piece. Disposed longitudinally upon the pad at each side and adjacent the lower edge thereof is a collar-retaining member consisting of a strap 15 adapted to pass around the upper end of the collar, which is shown at 16, the said strap being riveted to the pad at one end and having its oppo site end adapted to be engaged and secured by a buckle 17 connected with the pad by a short strap 18.

In the use of the device, the pad is placed over the neck of the animal, as shown in Fig. 1, and the collar is placed in position in the usual manner with the ends of the collar bearing against the sides of the pad and passing under the straps 15. The collar ple and inexpensive and may be safely used.

is equipped with a buckle 19 at its upper end on one side, as usual, which buckle is ordinarily engaged by a corresponding strap secured to the upvper end of the collar at the opposite side, Vhen my pad is employed, the buckle 19 is engaged with the billet or short strap 12, and the buckle 14 on the pad is engaged wit-h the end of the free strap at the opposite side of the pad so that the collar may be easily adjusted to the size of the animals neck. I am thus enabled to use one size collar upon various animals, and the collar may be set higher or lower by properly adjusting the buckle 14 and the strap 12 relative to the strap and the buckle with which they are respectively engaged. A wider range of adjustment may be effected, when desired, by shifting the bridge piece or bar 11 so that instead of resting upon the upper filler block 10, its ends will be disposed between said blocks or in extreme cases will rest upon the peak of the pad with both filler blocks upon the ends of the bridge bar. ,This adjustment is easily effected by removing the cotter pins 9, then first removing the bridge bar and either or both filler blocks from the posts 7, and then rearranging the parts as may be necessary under any given circumstances.

My improved pad is obviously very simupon the neck of an animal without any fear of sores developing, and by its use a short collar may be used upon an animal having a thick neck without any discomfort to the animal or, vice versa, a larger collar may be used upon an animal having a rthinner neck. The edge portions 2 of the foundation base plate 1 impart a somewhat ornamental finish to the device and the cover ply or sheet 4: of leather will, of course, be suitably shaped to conform to the turned edge so that the attractiveness of the pad may be maintained. The ribs or elevations thus formed, moreover, serve as stop members to aid in preventing rotation of the filler blocks about the posts 7 upon which they are mounted so that wear of the parts is minimized.

Having thus described the invention, I claim:

1. A collar pad comprising a portion shaped to fit upon the neck of an animal and provided at its side edges with longitudinally disposed collar-retaining elements, posts erected upon said member adjacent the ends thereof, a bridge bar having its ends engaged over said posts, filler blocks also mounted on said posts and interengageable with the ends of the bridge bar whereby to effect vertical adjustment of the bridge bar relative to the neck-engaging portion of the pad, and means for retaining the bridge bar upon the posts.

2. A collar pad comprising a sheet metal plate shaped to fit over the neck of an animal, a leather lining shaped to said metal plate and having its edges extending beyond the edges thereof, a leather covering plate extending over the said metal plate and having its edges disposed beyond the edges thereof, the edges of the lining plate and the edges of the cover plate being permanently united, posts carried by the metal plate and rising therefrom adjacent the front and rear edges thereof at the center of the same, filler blocks removably mounted upon said posts above the cover plate, a bridge bar having its ends removably fitted upon the posts above the filler blocks, releasable means engaged with the post to retain the bridge .bar thereon, and a collar-attaching element carried by the bridge bar.

3. A collar pad comprising a base portion shaped to conform to the neck of an animal,

posts rising from said base portion at the center thereof and adjacent the front and rear ends of the same, filler blocks removably engaged upon the posts a bridgeb'ar having its ends removably engaged with the posts, said bar being arcuate transversely between the posts, means for retaining the bar in engagement with the posts, and a short colla'rsattaching strap permanently secured upon the bridge bar, said strap being equipped with a buckle disposed immediately adjacent one side edge of the bridge bar with the free portion of thestrap de-' pending over the saddle at the opposite side of the bridgebar. In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

HENRY Gr. ANDERSON. [L. s1 

